Healthcare Asia Pacific 2020 | January 27-28, 2020 | Bangkok, Thailand
Prevent depression in pregnancy to boost all mental health
Tackling mental disorders before they arise in pregnant women and new mothers is an approach that could be scaled up online and would aid the overall health of populations.
Prevent depression in pregnancy to boost all mental health
Tackling mental disorders before they arise in pregnant women and new mothers is an approach that could be scaled up online and would aid the overall health of populations.
Two recent reports underline this conclusion. In February, the US Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of experts in evidence-based medicine, urged clinicians to “provide or refer pregnant and postpartum persons who are at increased risk of perinatal depression to counseling interventions”. And last month, the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) released a report calling on various stakeholders, from educators to policymakers, to prevent mental-health disorders and to promote healthy mental, emotional and behavioral development in the under 25s. (I was a member of the committees that prepared this document and two previous NASEM reports in 1994 and 2009 on preventive interventions.
In the United States, nearly 15% of men and around 26% of women experience a major depressive episode at some point. People are diagnosed with this if they report experiencing five of nine symptoms over at least two weeks. These must include either feeling depressed or being unable to feel interest or pleasure, as well as problems sleeping, changes in appetite, fatigue or having suicidal thoughts.
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Diana Florence
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